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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Five lines to correct

Hello,

Could you please correct my senteces? :

  1. We had to stay until we finished/had finished all the work. (the book's key says 'had finished' is correct, could we also say 'finished'?)
2. The company decided to put/ put out an advertisement for the job in a national newspaper. (the book's key says 'put' is correct, would 'put out' be correct as well?)

3. The winner finished his speech by thanking/ thanking his parents.

4. It's a month since I applied for the job.

5. It's been a month since I applied for the job.

are both 4 and 5 correct?

Thank you for your help!

Best regards,

Coincidence
  

Top answer

We had to stay until we finished/had finished all the work. -- Past perfect seems wrong to me; at the least, it is unnecessary. ) 2.

— Mister Micawber

  • We had to stay until we finished/had finished all the work.
  • -- Past perfect seems wrong to me; at the least, it is unnecessary.
  • ) 2.
  • The company decided to put/ put out an advertisement for the job in a national newspaper.
  • (the book's key says 'put' is correct, would 'put out' be correct as well?
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  1. We had to stay until we finished/had finished all the work. (the book's key says 'had finished' is correct, could we also say 'finished'?-- Past perfect seems wrong to me; at the least, it is unnecessary.)
2. The company decided to put/ put out an advertisement for the job in a national newspaper. (the book's key says 'put' is correct, would 'put out' be correct as well?
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